Animal pictures of the year 2012: part one

Dana McGregor's pet goats Pismo and Goatee surf at San Onofre State Beach in California. McGregor started taking Pismo's mother Goatee to the beach, and it wasn't long before she was on a surfboard. When Pismo was born, McGregor put her on a board too, and she was a natural, he says.Picture: The Orange County Register, Ron Veal/AP